Footed Bowl
1650-1725 (made)
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This bowl belongs to a group of ceramics called 'Gombroon wares' by an English visitor to Iran in 1698. Like this piece, they had a very glassy appearance. They were made of very fine fritware which had been cut away in places to form a pattern that was then filled by the glaze.
Fritware was also known as stone paste or quartz paste. It was developed by Middle Eastern potters as a response to the challenge posed by Chinese porcelain. The main ingredient was fine quartz powder made by grinding sand or pebbles. Small quantities of white clay and a glassy substance known as frit were added. The clay gave plasticity. The frit helped to bind the body after firing.
Fritware was also known as stone paste or quartz paste. It was developed by Middle Eastern potters as a response to the challenge posed by Chinese porcelain. The main ingredient was fine quartz powder made by grinding sand or pebbles. Small quantities of white clay and a glassy substance known as frit were added. The clay gave plasticity. The frit helped to bind the body after firing.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fritware, pierced, underglaze painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Footed bowl, fritware, the white bod pierced around the rim and painted in underglaze blue and black; Iran, 1650-1725. |
| Physical description | Footed bowl, fritware, the slightly flaring straight-sided bowl is pierced with a broad band of chevron designs, and raised on a waisted stem with spreading foot. The interior is incised and painted in underglaze blue with a central six-point star, surrounded by a shield-shaped band, note how the blue wells in the the incised details, further details and decorative bands are painted in underglaze black, the glaze fills in the pierced openings. |
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| Production | "Gombroon-painted ware" |
| Summary | This bowl belongs to a group of ceramics called 'Gombroon wares' by an English visitor to Iran in 1698. Like this piece, they had a very glassy appearance. They were made of very fine fritware which had been cut away in places to form a pattern that was then filled by the glaze. Fritware was also known as stone paste or quartz paste. It was developed by Middle Eastern potters as a response to the challenge posed by Chinese porcelain. The main ingredient was fine quartz powder made by grinding sand or pebbles. Small quantities of white clay and a glassy substance known as frit were added. The clay gave plasticity. The frit helped to bind the body after firing. |
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| Accession number | 1399-1876 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2003 |
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